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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 14 2010 - 04:21:44 CST

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:38 AM, candy deck <candy76_at_hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm working on the adsorption of dioxins into zeolite.
> I would like to know :
>
> 1. If there is a way to count the molecules adsorbed into the material

that depends on how you want to determine whether a molecule
is adsorbed or not. this is not a problem that VMD is commonly
used for, so you better familiarize yourself with VMD scripting first.

> 2. How to get the diffusion coefficient ? Does anybody has got a script that
> I can use?

that depends on whether you want to determine this from integrating
velocity auto-correlation functions or mean-squared displacement.
when analyzing a system with adsorption areas, you have to some
extra complications, that can invalidate the use of standard scripts
typically used to measure (self-)diffusion of molecules within (bulk)
liquids and solutions.

if you want to measure the diffusion through your zeolithe system,
you have measure the material flux through the solid area.
i would suggest you have a look in the vast amount of literature on
simulations of materials in zeolithes and see what others have done
and how they define relevant properties.

cheers,
     axel.
>
> Thanks
>
> Candy
> 

-- 
Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
Institute for Computational Molecular Science
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.